Moana [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Moana [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Moana [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Moana [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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Overview

Moana is the 56th animated feature from Disney, an ocean adventure about a teenaged girl from a tribal community on a mystical island in the South Pacific. Its soundtrack offers both 45 minutes of score and a set of original songs co-written by a trio of musicians with impressive pedigrees. They include frequent Disney collaborator Mark Mancina, who worked with Phil Collins on 1999's Tarzan and 2003's Brother Bear. He's joined by singer/songwriter Opetaia Foa'i, leader of the Polynesian worldbeat group Te Vaka (who can be heard here), and Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Pulitzer-winning Broadway smash Hamilton. The original score is by Mancina, who also penned scores for Disney's Tarzan, Brother Bear, and Planes, among others. Also a veteran of electronics-aided action scores for films like Speed and Con Air, Mancina sticks to an orchestral palette for Moana that highlights brass and group drumming, as on "Prologue" and "Tamatoa's Lair." Mallet percussion, pitched drums, flutes, and choir also distinguish the soundtrack's overall sound. Mancina recorded the vast majority of the score live in the studio with humans and "real" instruments, lending to an authentic feel. The main draw here, though, will be the original songs. Speaking of authenticity, the songs, thankfully, avoid prior Disney faux pas and outright offenses with regard to ethnic stereotyping. They managed this with a conscientious crew and the involvement of Foa'i, a Samoan-born musician with expertise in the region's traditional music. The songs' strong melodies, choral harmonies, and indigenous rhythms may draw certain comparisons to The Lion King, though Moana carves its own path. It does so with an ease that pervades both Foa'i's melodies and Miranda's way with natural-sounding syntax and rhythm. Highlights include "We Know the Way," sung by Miranda and Foa'i, and the soaring "How Far I'll Go," delivered by Auli'i Carvalho in the title role, with a second version by Canadian pop singer Alessia Cara. Among other names appearing on the soundtrack are Dwayne Johnson, who sings "You're Welcome" as Maui, and Jermaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords, who sings "Shiny" as the menacing crab Tamatoa. Closing out the song portion of the album and bringing listeners back to contemporary reality are Jordan Fisher and a rapping Miranda in a reprise of "You're Welcome." ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date: 11/18/2016
Label: Walt Disney
UPC: 0050087349134
Rank: 26583

Tracks

  1. Tulou Tagaloa
  2. An Innocent Warrior
  3. Where You Are
  4. How Far I'll Go
  5. We Know the Way
  6. How Far I'll Go (Reprise)
  7. You're Welcome
  8. Shiny
  9. Logo Te Pate
  10. I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors)
  11. Know Who You Are
  12. We Know the Way (Finale)
  13. How Far I'll Go [Alessia Cara Version]
  14. You're Welcome [Jordan Fisher/Lin-Manuel Miranda Version]
  15. Prologue [Score]
  16. He Was You [Score]
  17. Village Crazy Lady [Score]
  18. Cavern [Score]
  19. The Ocean Chose You [Score]
  20. The Hook [Score]
  21. Tala's Deathbed [Score]
  22. Battle of Wills [Score]
  23. Kakamora [Score]
  24. Wayfinding [Score]
  25. Climbing [Score]
  26. Tamatoa's Lair [Score]
  27. Great Escape [Score]
  28. If I Were the Ocean [Score]
  29. Te Ka Attacks [Score]
  30. Maui Leaves [Score]
  31. Heartache [Score]
  32. Tala Returns [Score]
  33. Sails to Te Fiti [Score]
  34. Shiny Heart [Score]
  35. Te Fiti Restored [Score]
  36. Hand of a God [Score]
  37. Voyager Tagaloa [Score]
  38. Toe Feiloa'i [Score]
  39. Navigating Home [Score]
  40. The Return to Voyaging [Score]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mark Mancina   Primary Artist
Lin-Manuel Miranda   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist
Opetaia Foa'i   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Ji Ke Jun Yi   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Auli'i Cravalho   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Louise Bush   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Matthew Ineleo   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Olivia Foa'i   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Rachel House   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Sulata Foai-Amiatu   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Talaga Steve Sale   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Vai Mahina   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Marcy Harriell   Primary Artist
Janella Salvador   Primary Artist
Maudy Ayunda   Primary Artist
Te Vaka   Primary Artist,Orchestra,Choir/Chorus
Ruben Albarran   Primary Artist
Christopher Jackson   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Angelica Aragon   Primary Artist
The Rock   Primary Artist
Dwayne Johnson   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Beto Castillo   Primary Artist
Maneepat Molloy   Primary Artist
Andrea Rebeca Gomez Arias   Primary Artist
Sara Paula Gomez Arias   Primary Artist
Jordan Fisher   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Alessia Cara   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Ayda Jebat   Primary Artist
Pasifika Voices Choir   Primary Artist,Orchestra,Choir/Chorus
Tran Minh Nhu   Primary Artist
Dan Osorio   Primary Artist
Nando Estevane   Primary Artist
Lucy Hernandez   Primary Artist
Myra Molloy   Primary Artist
A-Lin   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Nicole Scherzinger   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Jemaine Clement   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Cecilia Toussaint   Primary Artist
Don Harper   Conductor
Igelese Ete   Choir Director
Brandy Tien   Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Opetaia Foa'i   Vocal Arrangement,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Performer
Tom Hardisty   Engineer,Recording
David Boucher   Mixing,Engineer
Dan Pinder   Editing
Chris Montan   Producer,Executive Producer
Mark Mancina   Composer,Producer,Performer
Warren Felder   Producer
Erik Madrid   Mixing,Engineer
Dave Metzger   Arranger,Producer,Orchestration,Vocal Arrangement,Recording Arranger
Larry Mah   Recording
Andrew Page   Producer,Musical Producer
Earl Ghaffari   Editing
Tom Coyne MacDougall   Producer
Adam Michalak   Engineer,Recording
Lin-Manuel Miranda   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Performer
Joey Raia   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Timothy Marchiafava   Assistant Engineer
Ryan McClure   Assistant Engineer
Marlon Espino   Engineer,Musical Producer
Shao Qi Chen   Producer
Ramon Ibanga   Producer
Trevorious   Producer
Illmind   Producer
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